Lylddlebit
Well-Known Member
Let's flip the script. What kind of client are you?
I have been in different sides of the fence. Sometimes I do my own hair. I go to the salon to get my hair done. I do other people's hair. I don't make it a point to do hair but typically when someone sees someone's hair that I have done or see's mine they will request me to do theirs and depending on the circumstances I will say yes or no. In observing the happenings while I am getting my hair done at the salon, servicing others(at home) I have noticed how many rude/delusional/unpleasant clients exist(many times they have the nerve to want to come back). Those who will wastes the stylist time. Those who always want something for nothing. Those who would like to blame stylists for years of their own mistakes. Those who believe that stylists can take more hair off their ends than exists on their head. Those who aren't satisfied for what they explicitly have asked the stylist for and received. Those who don't appreciate or acknowlege deeds of kindness extended to them out of the kindness of the stylists heart etc etc etc.
I am always on time. I don't like my time to be wasted, so I treat others the same way. I am pleasant in acknowledging THE PERSON/people kind enough to provide me with the service I am requesting. I know what I want. If I am unsure I know guidelines of what I want. I allow the stylist to give me what I have asked them for. I say please and thank you(and I mean it). I have realistic expectations. When those expectations are met or exceeded I tip accordingly. When I am unhappy with the service I give them an opportunity to correct it without rudeness...I still pay them if they can't or don't fix it(I just won't remain a customer). If they do fix the mistake everything is good.
We talk a lot about stylists but what about us as clients? Ladies who go to the shop to get your hair done, be honest, what kind of client are you/have you been in the past?
I have been in different sides of the fence. Sometimes I do my own hair. I go to the salon to get my hair done. I do other people's hair. I don't make it a point to do hair but typically when someone sees someone's hair that I have done or see's mine they will request me to do theirs and depending on the circumstances I will say yes or no. In observing the happenings while I am getting my hair done at the salon, servicing others(at home) I have noticed how many rude/delusional/unpleasant clients exist(many times they have the nerve to want to come back). Those who will wastes the stylist time. Those who always want something for nothing. Those who would like to blame stylists for years of their own mistakes. Those who believe that stylists can take more hair off their ends than exists on their head. Those who aren't satisfied for what they explicitly have asked the stylist for and received. Those who don't appreciate or acknowlege deeds of kindness extended to them out of the kindness of the stylists heart etc etc etc.
I am always on time. I don't like my time to be wasted, so I treat others the same way. I am pleasant in acknowledging THE PERSON/people kind enough to provide me with the service I am requesting. I know what I want. If I am unsure I know guidelines of what I want. I allow the stylist to give me what I have asked them for. I say please and thank you(and I mean it). I have realistic expectations. When those expectations are met or exceeded I tip accordingly. When I am unhappy with the service I give them an opportunity to correct it without rudeness...I still pay them if they can't or don't fix it(I just won't remain a customer). If they do fix the mistake everything is good.
We talk a lot about stylists but what about us as clients? Ladies who go to the shop to get your hair done, be honest, what kind of client are you/have you been in the past?